Paper, 'On the heating effects of electric currents. No II' by W H [William Henry] Preece
Reference number: PP/11/14
Date: 1887

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Preece writes: 'On March 19th, 1884, I submitted to the Royal Society a paper on the heating effects of electric currents, showing the strength of current necessary to fuse the fine platinum wire employed for protecting submarine cables from the ill effects of atmospheric electricity [see PP/4/42]. The paper proved that the law that regulates the production of heat is one which can be expressed by the formula C = ad3/2, “a” being a constant dependent on the metal used, and “d” the diameter of the wire. The current observed was that which heated the wire up to the point of self-luminosity (525°C.).'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Electricity
Received 24 November 1887. Read 22 December 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the heating effects of electric currents. No. II'.
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- PP/11/14
- Earliest possible date
- 1887
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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- 25 pages
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William Henry Preece, Paper, 'On the heating effects of electric currents. No II' by W H [William Henry] Preece, 1887, PP/11/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_11_14/paper-on-the-heating-effects-of-electric-currents-no-ii-by-w-h-william-henry-preece, accessed on 11 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1888
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0133
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 43, 1887-1888
1887-1888 Reference number: PP/11
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